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Dormition Abbey

Dormition Abbey

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Dormition Abbey

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JakobusPilger

May 4, 2022

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“The white church of the Benedictine Dormition Mariae Abbey rises high on Mount Zion. In 1898 Kaiser Wilhelm II suggested this imposing building; It was completed in 1906 and entrusted …

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Bernd

October 13, 2022

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One of the numerous sacred buildings in the old city of Jerusalem, initiated and built by Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Lisa im Ländle

January 24, 2022

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The Dormition Abbey is a German-speaking Benedictine abbey on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. The name derives from the patron saint of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Abbey Church is the Dormition Basilica.

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Elevation 760 m

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